In 2014, Hoover began serving a 15-year sentence for charges including second-degree burglary and strong-arm robbery in Evans Correctional Institution, a medium-security facility near the North Carolina border. Records show his projected release date was 2023.

Corrections officials say Hoover had been sanctioned several times for possessing contraband.

No additional information on Hoover's death or the name of the inmate accused of attacking him has been released.